TORONTO -- The elaborate designs Dominic Oduro has worn shaved in his hair have included a black and yellow striped mohawk, a replica slice of pepperoni pizza, and even a neon pink breast cancer ribbon with matching pink mohawk.

This is all you need to know about Stephen Colbert, the man, and why Colbert is actually an apt choice to follow in David Letterman’s wingtip shoes when the veteran Late Show host steps down in 2015:
In a now-famous — and rare — profile several years ago in Vanity Fair, dubbed The Man in the Irony Mask, Colbert let his mask drop and talked about what it’s like to play a heightened, fictionalized version of himself.

Goodbyes aren’t the same as they used to be, especially when they feel like a rerun. Jay Leno steps down Thursday as host of The Tonight Show, after 22 years — give or take a few fractious months toward the end of 2009, when The Jay Leno Show took an ill-advised shot at prime time and Conan O’Brien briefly took over Tonight.